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Even those players who arrive on campus hoping to get a practical education as well as play ball can find obstacles in their path. That was the case with Brian Rahilly, who as a 6-ft. 10-in. senior electrified Oklahoma's Muskogee High School with his on-court wizardry in 1983. Brian, who comes from a white, middle-class background, was sought after by dozens of colleges before choosing the University of Tulsa. He says he had two goals: to play in the N.B.A. and to become a sports broadcaster...
That brings me to a second point, about Ivy League athletics in general. The temptation is great, when an Ivy school is failing in athletics, to simply lower its standards and raise its winning percentage. That there is a direct trade-off between admissions standards and on-court success is a stark fact of life for Ivy League sports...
...Cash, 22, threw a ball into the crowd and then clambered up the packed grandstand to embrace his father Pat Cash Sr. Remarked a Wimbledon official primly: "It was the first time anything like that has happened." Once dubbed the Australian McEnroe for his on-court temper tantrums, Cash appears to have mellowed since his girlfriend Norwegian Model Anne-Britt Kristiansen gave birth to their 14-month-old son Daniel. Cash, though, still gets faulted by feminists. Dismissing women's tennis as "junk," he told Woman's Own magazine, "If I played a practice game with ((Boris Becker)) when...
This year, the Class of '88 has continued its on-court maturation. Its stand-outs, Hayes and Keffer, are enjoying arguably their best seasons ever, while Duncan has amazed teammates and opponents alike with her sudden progression to all-Ivy caliber play...
...games with more action, Electronic Art's One-on-One Basketball ($39.95) puts you in a head-to-head match between Larry Byrd and Julius Erving. You control one of the players and can match your skills against the computer or a friend. Although it won't improve your on-court dribbling and shooting, One-on-One can certainly keep your keyboard/mouse fingers in shape...